Olympic wooden spoon for Black Sticks

The Black Sticks women's hockey team today handed in their wooden sticks for wooden spoons, rounding off their worst Olympics ever by losing 1-4 to South Africa in the playoff for 11th and 12th.

Black Sticks lament missed opportunities

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It all finished rather tamely for the New Zealand men's hockey team.

Four goals with a broken finger helps ease Child's pain

While Black Sticks hockey striker Simon Child came up short of his Olympic Games ambition of six goals, four with a broken finger wasn't too bad, he guessed.

Black Sticks hoping for funds

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The Black Sticks men are crossing their fingers funding agency Sparc will look favourably on them after finishing seventh at the Olympics.